With Penny Gore.
Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E flat,
Op 120 No 2
Sabine Meyer , Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
7.05 Handel Concerto Grosso in D,
Op 6 No 5
Vienna Concentus Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt
7.32 Turina Rapsodia Sinfonica Jean-Francois Heisser (piano), Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
7.43 Verdi 11 Trovatore (Act 4, scene 1) Carol Vaness (soprano),
Dennis O'Neill and Anton Rosner
(tenors), Bavarian Radio Choir,
Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Roberto Abbado
8.05 Borodin Overture: Prince Igor Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev
8.38 Bach Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV1044
Wilbert Hazelzet (recorder), Andrew Manze (violin),
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, director Ton Koopman (harpsichord)

With Peter Hobday.
Heinichen Concerto in G
Musica Antiqua Koln , director Reinhard Goebel
9.16 Prokofiev Cello Concertino
Lynn Harrell , Royal Philharmonic, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
9.36 Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Défunte
Paris Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch
9.43 Milhaud Suite Provençale Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
Discs

With Edward Blakeman.
Artists of the Week:
St Paul Chamber Orchestra
Ravel Ballet: Mother Goose
Conductor Hugh Wolff
10.35 Gorecki Amen
BBC Singers, conductor Bo Holten
11.00 Kodaly Dances of Galanta St Paul Chamber Orchestra, conductor Hugh Wolff
11.15 Bach, compi Carolan Flute Sonata in A, BWV1032
Nancy Hadden (Baroque flute), Lucy Carolan (harpsichord),
Vanessa Coode (viola da gamba)
11.30 Strauss Capriccio (final scene) Felicity Lott (soprano), Jonathan Veira (bass), BBC Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

A Bid for Freedom, 1777-82
With Richard Wigmore.
5:1781
In this year, Mozart left the Archbishop of Salzburg for good, helped by a kick up the backside, and set up as a freelance composer in Vienna. A Questo Seno deh Vieni, K374 Edith Mathis (soprano),
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, conductor Leopold Hager
An die Einsamkeit, K391:
Verdankt Sei Es dem Glanz, K392
Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Violin Sonata in F, K384
Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Walter Klien (piano)
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (excerpts) Soloists, Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Karl Bohm Discs
Repeated next Friday 12 midnight

Introduced by Rodney Slatford. London Baroque: Ingrid Seifert and Richard Gwilt (violins),
Charles Medlam (cello),
Terence Charlston (harpsichord) Corelli Sonata in G. Op 3 No 11
Handel Trio Sonata in G. Op 2 No 3 Telemann Concerto a 4 Leclair Sonata in G, Op 13 No 3

The last of seven programmes for Holy Week in which Harry
Christophers conducts soloists from the Sixteen and principals from the Symphony of Harmony and Invention in seven cantatas entitled Membra
Jesu Nostri by Dietrich Buxtehude. Today's excerpt is Ad Faciem, and the programme opens with Alan Howard reading George Herbert 's Easter-Wings.

Andrew Manze introduces the first of two programmes in which the New London Consort, director
Philip Pickett , perform chamber cantatas by Georg Philipp Telemann. With Catherine Bott (soprano),
Christopher Robson (countertenor) and Michael George (bass-baritone). Repeated from yesterday 10.00pm

Time Regained
Norbert Brainin intended to be a solo violinist with chamber music as a spare-time activity. The debut of the Amadeus Quartet in 1948 changed the course of his professional life, almost completely reversing his plans. Stephen Plaistow talks to
Norbert Brainin and introduces BBC archive recordings of the Bach Sonata in G minor, BWV1001, the Mozart Duo in B flat for Violin and Viola, K424, and sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert with two of the pianists closely associated with him - Lili Kraus and Lamar Crowson. Repeat

Zambia and Zimbabwe
Caroline Swinburne listens to the mbira and hears how this spiritual instrument is finding a controversial place in Zimbabwean pop.

Jeremy Nicholas presents a musical mystery voice competition and prizes for the bank holiday. Including Hayman Pops Hoe-Down
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conductor Erich Kunzel
6.05 Beethoven Variations on an Original Theme, WoO 77 Alfred Brendel (piano)
6.15 Mascagni Regina Coeli Laetare (Cavalleria Rusticana) Bruna Rasa (soprano),
Giulietta Simionato (mezzo),
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
6.30 Punto Horn Concerto No 11 in E
Barry Tuckwell , Academy of St Martin in the Reids, conductor Neville Marriner
Producer Ray Abbott

A rare chance to hear Bach's first great setting of the Passion story in the version he prepared for its second performance in 1725. The choir is that of St Thomas 's Church in Leipzig, and the performance was given in Westminster Abbey during the choir's historic first visit to this country for the 1994 London Bach Festival.
John Mark Ainsley (tenor),
Peter Robinson (bass), Ruth Holton (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor),
Mark Padmore (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Steinitz Bach Players , director Georg Christoph Biller Parti
8.10 The Sacrifice
Bob Peck reads from George Herbert 's Passiontide poem.
8.15 Part 2 Repeat

The conclusion of his autobiography. 5: War Music: a Version of Homer

Towards the Millennium: the Sixties
In the last of four programmes, Gavin Bryars is the composer looking back at the sixties. Tonight John Cage and the beginnings of minimalism, plus pieces influenced by the popular culture of the time.
Cage HPSCHD
Reich Come Out
Messiaen Chronochromie
Riley Rainbow in Curved Air
Harry Partch And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell on Petaluma
The programme includes part of Bryar's own Sinking of the Titanic, two piano sonatas by John White , part of Carla Bley 's Escalator over the Hill and tracks by the Beach Boys and Tiny Tim. Producer Jeremy Hayes

5: The Final Years
With David Nicholls.
String Quartet No 5 (mvts 1, 2 and 3); Ongaku; Trio in Nine Short Movements Repeated from last Friday

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Haydn Seven Last Words Ursula Fiedler (soprano), Lucia Megyesi-Schzartz (alto),
Helmut Wildhaber (tenor), Peter Koves (bass), Budapest Chamber Choir, Vienna Vocal Ensemble, Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic/Adam Fischer
2.00 Bartok Dance Suite BBC SO/
Ion Marin String Quintet No 6 Takacs Quartet Piano Concerto No 2 Kun Woo Paik, Polish National RSO/Antoni Wit
3.15 The Mandel Quartet perform medieval and Renaissance music
4.20 Christian Altenburger (violin), Thomas Larcher (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Paul Daniel
Mozart Symphony No 23 in G minor. K183 Haydn Violin Concerto in C
Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat,
K271 Haydn Symphony No 60 in C (II Distratto)
6.00 Sequence